But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Proverbs 5:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall die without instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost. American Standard Version (1901) He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Common English Bible Those without instruction will die, misled by their own stupidity. Catholic Public Domain Version He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. |
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
The lips of the righteous feed many: But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing: But the righteous hath hope in his death.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the congregation of the dead.